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Show AFRICAN LAKE GOES DRY. Scientists Much Puzzled Over Peculiar Pe-culiar Happening. Lako Shlrwa, uhlck has covered a considerable area of country to the south of Lake Nyassa, In Africa, ever ilnco that region has been known to tflilto men, has now dried up completely com-pletely and local opinion loads to tho theory that It has vanished for good. Still, It would scarcely bo advisable tor settlors to attempt tho creation ot any garden cities or other establishments establish-ments anywhere on tho bed of'tho old lake, which might fill up again at any time. Mun drlvo their buggies and rldo their horses alons tho soft, sandy beds of tho Australian rivers In times of long drought, but when tho rains como tho river steamers rosumo their old places on tho nowly flushed strenms. It is very odd that this great Shlrwa lako should vanish so completely com-pletely without any asslgnablo reason and apprehension Is felt lost something some-thing or tho kind will happon to Nyassa or Tanganyika. |